District of Columbia

This is an annotated list of databases produced by District of Columbia city agencies listed by producing agency. To add a database to this list or to fix a broken link, either do it yourself as this is a wiki, editable by anybody or send an e-mail to Carrie Ansell at cransell at gmail dot com, the documents specialist for this page.

The District maintains its own list of searchable databases, but more detailed annotations are still welcome here.

Contents

Campaign Finance

Campaign Contributions Search - Find campaign contributions by amount, contributor, date, location, or recipient. The Office of Campaign Finance provides easy access to all contributions and expenditures reported from January 1, 1999 through the current reporting period. Because the system is updated on a daily basis, you may be able to retrieve data received by OCF after the latest reporting period. However, this data may not be complete.

Legislative Branch

Search the District of Columbia Official Code - The contents of these statutes are current through amendments received as of January 25, 2006. For amendments subsequent to that date, use the Update feature. This service is powered by Thomson West.

Tax and Revenue

Real Property Tax Database Search - From the website, "The Office of Tax and Revenue's (OTR) real property tax database provides online access to real property information that was formerly available only through manual searches and at various DC public libraries. You can obtain property value, assessment roll, and other information for more than 180,000 parcels using the links below." Interesting search by neighborhood gives you a quick sense of property values.

Zoning

Zoning Maps Search - Use this form to search through the District's zoning maps. You can enter your keywords, select the appropriate search type (any, all, exact), and click the "Search" button. The Adobe Acrobat interface is used to navigate the document, which you can view by clicking on the link presented in the search results.